 | Sabine Baring Gould - 1874 - 434 pages
...his son, at the persuasion of that bishop, into Ireland, where he was cured of his loathsome disease by the same holy woman. Which great favour so pleased...come into England, promising that he would found a monastery for her and her convent, which offer she soon after accepted, since the religious house in... | |
 | Charles Henry Poole - Folklore - 1875 - 144 pages
...his son, at the persuasion of that bishop, into Ireland, where he was cured of his loathsome disease by the same holy woman, which great favour so pleased King Egbert that he forthwith invited St. Modwen to come into England, promising that he would found a monastery for her and her convent,... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Christian saints - 1882 - 406 pages
...his son, at the persuasion of that bishop, into Ireland, where he was cured of his loathsome disease by the same holy woman. Which great favour so pleased...come into England, promising that he would found a monastery for her and her convent, which offer she soon after accepted, since the religious house in... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Saints - 1898 - 436 pages
...his son, at the persuasion of that bishop, into Ireland, where he was cured of his loathsome disease by the same holy woman. Which great favour so pleased...King Egbert that he forthwith invited S. Modwen to corne into England, promising that he would found a monastery for her and her convent, which offer... | |
 | William Andrews - Warwickshire (England) - 1893 - 304 pages
...carved pedestal on which it stood has recently been replaced in the north wall of the said chapel) — that healed all diseased people repairing to her,...so pleased King Egbert, that he forthwith invited St. Modwen to come into England, promising that he would found a Monasterie for her and her convent,... | |
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... who was a leper, and hearing by a bishop, which came from Ireland, that the then king of Connaught had a daughter, who was a nun, named Modwen, that healed all diseased people repairing to her, sent his son, at the persuasion of that bishop, into... 